Missing snow puts famed New Zealand ski areas on precipice
New Zealand’s Tūroa ski area is usually a white wonderland at this time of year, its deep snowpack supporting its famed spring skiing. This season, it's largely a barren moonscape,...
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NASA hopes New Zealand launch will pave way for moon landing
NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface.
Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster
The blast from the volcano could be heard in Alaska, and the waves crossed the ocean to cause an oil spill and two drownings in Peru. The startling satellite images...
Volcanic ash delays aid to Tonga as damage reports emerge
Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption...
Volcano erupts in Pacific, West Coast under tsunami advisory
An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground.
Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
PARIS (AP) — Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were — again — the bittersweet...
China’s leader Xi warns against “Cold War” in Asia-Pacific
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Thursday against letting tensions in the Asian-Pacific region cause a relapse into a Cold War mentality.
The world isolates. A New Zealand band plays to 50,000 fans
Singer Matiu Walters grinned as he gazed out over 50,000 damp but delirious fans and said those magic words: 鈥淪o, what抖阴ap up Eden Park?鈥�
Some states break COVID records as U.S. caseload grows anew
Coronavirus hospitalizations and caseloads hit new highs in over a half-dozen states as signs of the virus' resurgence mounted, with newly confirmed infections nationwide back near their peak level of...
New Zealand prime minister carries on with live TV interview during earthquake
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live television interview Monday morning.